Lectures

2023 Offerings

ASTRAL SKILLS GAINED THROUGH DREAMING - A Practicuum

Online     Saturday, 14 OCT 2023                  CH and Austria

Online     Sunday, 29 October 2023               1-4p CENTRAL TIME   US/World

Tribal Giveaway in lieu of fee:  50 USD – for winter heating expenses

At the request of organizers, we are doing something new, what one wise woman calls “a sharing.” And our first online sharing is going to be offered in October23. One (14 October translated from English to Italian) and another, an early celebration of All Hallow’s Eve, (29 October for US and worldwide for English speakers).

This time, the focus will be on dreaming, as it is where all of us are currently working the 4th dimensions of astrality. Some people have been conscious enough in the light while sleeping (or waking) to know what experiences are personal and what are gifted by the Earth and her Guides. It doesn’t matter how much we are aware of the astral dimensional link, all of us benefit from honing our perception of the communion, which is the aim of the online sharing.

Practice makes perfect, they say. Well, we can think of the sharing as practice at opening up, telling others about a recent experience in the 4-D light dimensions. In the group, we look primarily at the mechanics of dreaming by using the dreamtime power web/wheel, as we’ve done in earlier classes. However, in this online meeting, that’s only the beginning.

We are going to study dreaming snippets to find points where we demonstrate the Four Dakota Virtues, (Endurance. Courage. Generosity. Wisdom.), and any emotional charges these experiences let loose in the dreamscape around us. And as in earlier dream classes, the focus is on astral skill development, NOT THE CONTENT of dreams, their meaning and interpretation, which only ‘massages’ or pleasures the mental body, not the soul.

If you decide to join the Sharing Circle, please send in advance, by email, snippets of recent (or older) dreaming experiences that you sense were not yours alone. In class, we don’t need a description of the dreaming content entirely, just tell a bit about the scene and movement/action, and ‘character(s)’, masked or appearing as in waking life. Also, what you as astrally-aware dreamer, do and feel while the link is made between yourself and others in the dreaming process. Please don’t doubt the veracity, as we moderns tend to do. Simply write the dreaming report as you are guided, all is acceptable. Even a few lines about any mysterious, non-normal/non-rational thing you perceive while dreaming.

NOTE:  If you are sending a written dream sequence, please remember to title the dream, and write it in the present tense. Thank you.

During the online gathering, astral connections will be honored. Everybody is welcome to attend, although the only dreaming sequences taken into consideration must by submit to ike between mid-September and the beginning of October. Together, the Contraries that oversee dreaming processes, and Guides who give insights, will share wisdom through ike.

Already, in preparation, the Dream Keepers ask us to realize:

As Earth’s evolutionary expansion is underway, dreams of today are different, fuller and more multi-dimensional, than even a year ago. Come discover (and practice) the renewal going on, while dreaming.

 

 

Please address inquiries by email to: ike@ikewest.com

Thank you!

A Sampling of Past Offerings

Courses, Seminars and Lectures

Communications and Writing

1972-74 Huron University, Huron, South Dakota
1973-74 U.S. Department of Health, Education, & Welfare, Aberdeen, South Dakota
1974-83 Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Ft. Thompson, South Dakota
1979-80 U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Ft. Thompson & Aberdeen Area Offices, South Dakota
1994-97 Texas Department of Information Resources, Austin Headquarters & Regional Offices
1998-99 Austin Community College, Austin, Texas
1999-2004 Eanes Community Education, Austin, Texas
1990-2020 University of Texas, Austin

Spirituality and Personal Development

USA

1990-2020 University of Texas, Austin
1996-2019 Various Coastal & Lake Retreat Centers, Port Aransas & New Braunfels
1999-2012 Triapolis Wellness Education, Copperas Cove, Texas
1997-2004 J. Perelman Counseling Center, Cleveland, Ohio
1999-2004 Eanes Community Education, Austin, Texas

Mexico

1994-97 Umberto Retreat Center, Real de Catorce

Belgium

1992-98 Ignoramus Center, Limburg
1992-98 Various Coastal Centers, North Sea
1992-2002 East-West Centers, Antwerp, Oostende, Brussels & the Ardennes
1999-2007 Souldance Center, Kortrijk
1999-2003 Open House Center, Houthulst
2004-2010 Butterfly Circles, Brussels & the Ardennes
2006-7 Boekenbeurs Book Fair, Antwerp

The Netherlands

1993-99 OIBIBIO Center, Amsterdam & Nijmegen
1993-2004 Rose Center, Amsterdam
1999-2004 Gallery Wapiti, The Hague
2005-7 Earth Work Center, The Hague

Greece

1994-2004 Oikia Center, Island of Aegina
1995-97 Isadora Duncan Dance Center, Athens
1996-2002 E. Karaokeva Center, Island of Rhodes
1996-present Various Movement Arts Studios, Athens
2007-2012 Margarita’s Wellness Studio, Island of Crete

United Kingdom

1995-2006 Numerous Spiritual Arts Centers & Bookstores, London
2004-8 Various Wellness Centers, Shrewsbury
2006-8 Equinox Center, Wolverhampton
2008 Devon/Cornwall Education Centers, Totnes, Penzance & Glastonbury

Switzerland

2002-present Studio Star Bene, Caslano
2005-present Numerous New Dimensions Sites, Lake Lugano Area
2006-present Eco-Synergie School, Bissone

Italy

2004-6 G. Stella Studio, Rome
2006-present Sala Albarin, Luserna San Giovanni, Torino

Austria

2009-2012 Rosa Therapy Center, Vienna

Radio

BBC Radio
2005 Claire Ashford Show: Hannah’s Castle-the Latest in Fantasy
Radio Svizzera Italiana (Swiss-Italian Radio)
2008 Alessandra Bonzi Show: L’arte Di Sognare (The Art of Dreaming)
2008 Silvia Spiga Show: Sotto Tiro (A Look Inside)